The joint initiative by the International Maritime Organization and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development was created two years ago, after severe damage was done to Black Sea fisheries.
The agency has issued a draft guidance document urging manufacturers that want to indicate natural rubber latex was not used as a material instead use the statement on the product label, "not made with natural rubber latex."
A NIOSH grant funded Tactus Technologies' development of the 3D Forklift Trainer. The Amherst, N.Y. company is a spinoff from the University of Buffalo.
The move includes 787 flight and maintenance training and maximizes use of its Boeing Flight Services training campus, which is the preferred location and customers from Latin America, Europe, and elsewhere, the company announced.
An Airbus structure fitter who helps to assemble the nose cones of A380 jetliners, Sandy Bodet has won a gold medal in the "Meilleurs Apprentis de France – Best Apprentice in France" competition, her employer announced.
The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey has agreed to adopt a disability rights policy that is based on CDC's Hepatitis B recommendations and to enroll two applicants in the UMDNJ New Jersey Medical School and the UMDNJ School of Osteopathic Medicine.
A new online portal is the Labor Department's gateway to activities associated with its 100th anniversary year. A century after President William Howard Taft signed the bill that created DOL, President Obama issued a proclamation honoring its work.
The New York City Fire Department and the FDNY Foundation are presenting the symposium March 14-15.
The head of the Association of American Railroads told the NTSB that freight railroads are less than one-third finished with the installation of necessary equipment for the 60,000 route miles where PTC is required by that date.
Occupational injuries are very costly, and not just to the affected party. They can drain the company's coffers, its employees' morale, and its standing in the community.
In a new scientific statement published in Circulation, the American Heart Association says this could boost the number of bystanders willing to intervene.
The current federal highways and infrastructure funding law requires the agency to issue final regulations by Oct. 1. It will host a March 22 listening session to solicit ideas.
The two-day meeting in Washington, D.C., concerns how to motivate pesticide workers to use the best personal protective technology.
U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., who chairs the House Education and the Workforce Higher Education and Workforce Training Subcommittee, will chair a Feb. 26 hearing about her bill.
Volvo Group announced that Volvo Group Venture Capital has "joined forces with the objective of delivering innovative safety-centric solutions to the global commercial vehicle industry."
The Metropolitan Transit Authority has implemented classes and new safety regulations to prevent worker fatalities in the future.
"This is the first evidence that human-robot teamwork is improved when a human and robot train together by switching roles, in a manner similar to effective human team training practices," Ph.D. student Stefanos Nikolaidis said.
U.S. Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., said the bill would require enactment of a final standard within 18 months that would include requirements for hazard assessment, building design, and explosion protection.
OSHA cited Grede Wisconsin Subsidiaries LLC, an iron foundry, for 28 alleged violations.
At least 14 workers have died since 2000 while using stripping products that include methylene chloride, according to the document.